H.R. 5870, Veteran Appeals Transparency Act of 2024
As ordered reported by the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs on May 1, 2024
By Fiscal Year, Millions of Dollars
2024
2024-2029
2024-2034
Direct Spending (Outlays)
0
0
0
Revenues
0
0
0
Increase or Decrease (-) in the Deficit
0
0
0
Spending Subject to Appropriation (Outlays)
*
*
not estimated
Increases net direct spending in any of the four consecutive 10-year periods beginning in 2035?
No
Statutory pay-as-you-go procedures apply?
No
Mandate Effects
Increases on-budget deficits in any of the four consecutive 10-year periods beginning in 2035?
No
Contains intergovernmental mandate?
No
Contains private-sector mandate?
No
* = between zero and $500,000.
Summary
H.R. 5870 would require the Board of Veterans’ Appeals (BVA) to publish on a Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) website the appeals cases that have been assigned to the board for a decision during the upcoming week and the date on which those appeals were filed with the court. (BVA is a component of VA that hears appeals on matters affecting VA benefits.) The schedule also would include a disclaimer on each weekly notice that an assignment does not require the board to issue a decision in that week. Because BVA already has the information it would be required to publish, CBO estimates that satisfying the requirement would cost less than $500,000 over the 2024-2029 period. Any spending would be subject to the availability of appropriated funds.
